Toothless Lobbying Reform

By

Peter Lattman

Jan 18, 2006 8:08 am ET

The Washington Post’s Jeffrey Birnbaum casts doubt today on whether House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s lobbying-reform proposal to ban meals and privately paid travel for lawmakers would have teeth. Birnbaum cites lobbyists and ethics experts who point out a major loophole in the Speaker’s proposal: that a lobbyist is still allowed to pick up the bill […]

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